(721) Y.GOVINDU Vs. SAI TRANSPORT CORPORATION[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 29-06-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay — Requirement of "sufficient cause" — While liberal approach is generally adopted for condoning delay, it necessitates presentation of necessary facts in the affidavit — Mere bald allegations without supporting details are insufficient to justify a significant delay. India Law Library Docid # 2447406
(722) MINOR.MOHAMED AATHIF AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF TAMILNADU[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 29-06-2026 Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 — Section 4, 18 and 12 — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Section 4(2), 5(g), 3(d), 5(1) and 6 — Bail application for juveniles accused of offences under POCSO Act — High Court directed Juvenile Justice Board to consider bail on the date of India Law Library Docid # 2447407
(723) VALLI Vs. THE ADDITIONAL CHIEF SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 29-06-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Tamil Nadu Preventive Detention Act, 1982 — Section 2(e) — Habeas Corpus Petition — Detention order challenged on grounds of non-application of mind by the detaining authority regarding the possibility of the detenu being released on bail. India Law Library Docid # 2447408
(724) STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS Vs. D VENUGOPAL AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 29-06-2026 A.P. Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977 — Section 3(5) — Scope of Exemption — Purchase of assigned land by a landless poor person, in good faith and for valuable consideration, from the original assignee or his transferee, prior to commencement of the Act, and continued possession thereof on the date of commencement, takes such land outside the purview of S. 3 altogether — permanently and without limitation as to further transactions — conferring full title including the right o India Law Library Docid # 2448769
(725) POTHARLANKA HARI BABU Vs. DUNNA SIRISHA AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 29-06-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 447 — Transfer of Criminal Case — Convenience of Witnesses and Prosecution Prevails — Transfer of matrimonial proceedings (DVC, maintenance and S. 498-A cases) is not warranted merely on the accused-husband's plea of physical disability or distance, especially where all witnesses reside within the jurisdiction of the trial court and the transfer would inconvenience the wife seeking maintenance — Disability confined to a limb cannot be equated w India Law Library Docid # 2448770
(726) PULA KIRAN KUMAR ALIAS CHINTU ALIAS PALUKURI KIRAN Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 29-06-2026 Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 — Section 14-A — Bail — Investigation Beyond Statutory Period — Where accused have remained in judicial custody beyond the 60-day statutory period prescribed for investigation under the Special Act, and the delay is not attributable to them, and the impugned order fails to disclose any specific material justifying apprehension of evidence tampering or witness intimidation, refusal of bail cannot be sustained — Bail grante India Law Library Docid # 2448771
(727) BHAIRAM Vs. SURESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 25-06-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 – Section 173(1) – Appeal against award – Claimant praying for modification of award to direct Insurance Company to pay compensation while recovering it from owner/driver – Insurance Company denied liability on grounds of dishonoured cheque for premium and policy cancellation – Tribunal exonerated India Law Library Docid # 2447133
(728) GOVIND RAM AND OTHERS Vs. DILA RAM (DECEASED) THROUGH LRS AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-06-2026 Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 62 — Limitation Act, 1963 — Article 61 — Usufructuary Mortgage — Right to redemption — In usufructuary mortgage, right to redemption continues until mortgage money is paid, for which there is no time limit, unless it is pleaded and proved that usufruct has extinguished the mortgage amount. India Law Library Docid # 2447163
(729) HARI SINGH AND ANOTHER Vs. FINANCIAL COMMISSIONER (APPEALS) AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-06-2026 Himachal Pradesh Tenancy and Land Reforms Act, 1972 — Section 104 and Rule 21 — Resumption of land — Application for resumption was filed within the extended period as the substitution of the rule was retrospective and intended to provide more time to landowners. India Law Library Docid # 2447164
(730) STATE OF H.P. Vs. DAVINDER KUMAR AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-06-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 374 and 386 — Appeal against acquittal — High Court can interfere with an acquittal only if the judgment is perverse, based on misreading of evidence, or omits material evidence, and no reasonable person could arrive at the acquittal — If two reasonable views are possible, the appellate court should not interfere. India Law Library Docid # 2447165
(731) RAJ KUMAR Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-06-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Section 37(1)(b) — Bail — Twin conditions — For granting bail in cases involving commercial quantity of contraband, court must record satisfaction that there are reasonable grounds to believe the accused is not guilty and is not likely to commit an offence while on bail. India Law Library Docid # 2447190
(732) KANCHAN RAHUL @ KANCHAN KAUR RAJPUT AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 25-06-2026 Service Law — Promotion — Eligibility — Assistant Veterinary Field Officers seeking admission to B.V.Sc. & A.H. course for promotion — Rules only prescribe eligibility for promotion, not a right to admission in a professional course — No obligation on State or University to reserve seats for departmental candidates — Admission governed by extant Admission Rules, not the older Recruitment Rules which India Law Library Docid # 2447191
(733) AMRUTABEN JAYESHSINH ZALA AND OTHERS Vs. SURESH RAMCHANDRA DHIMAN AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 25-06-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Claim Petition — Accident involving Innova car and Fortuner car due to a cow suddenly appearing on the road — Deceased sustained fatal injuries — Claimants filed petition for compensation — Tribunal partly allowed claim granting Rs. 14,10,000/- with interest — Appeal filed by claimants on the ground of quantum. India Law Library Docid # 2447192
(734) PUNAMBHAI JESINGBHAI VASAVA (PETITION DISPOSED AS NOT PRESSED QUA APPLICANT 1) AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 25-06-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR — Allegations against in-laws (petitioners 2 to 5) were vague and omnibus, lacking specific details or overt acts to substantiate the alleged offences of cruelty and harassment. India Law Library Docid # 2447193
(735) ADESH ENTERPRISE Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 25-06-2026 Income Tax Act, 1961 — Section 148 and 148A — Reopening of assessment — Notice issued under Section 148 for AY 2015-2016 after 01.04.2021 under the old regime through TOLA — Such notice is invalid as it falls outside the period prescribed for completion under the relevant extended provisions and is time-barred according to India Law Library Docid # 2447194
(736) YASIN YUSUFBHAI BERUGARWALA Vs. BHUPENDRABHAI GOVINDBHAI PATEL THROUGH HIS POA HOLDER MR. MOHMMAD IRFAN MOHMMAD YASIN MACHISWALA[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 25-06-2026 Gujarat Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947 – Sections 12(3)(a), 13(1)(a), 13(1)(b), 13(1)(k) and 29(2) – Eviction decree – Non-user, breach of tenancy and arrears of rent – Concurrent findings of fact by lower courts – High Court's revisional jurisdiction is limited to correcting errors of law or perversity, not re-appreciating India Law Library Docid # 2447195
(737) AROBINDA BISWAL AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF ODISHA AND OTHERS[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 25-06-2026 Service Law — Promotion — Reservation quota — Odisha Ministerial Service Rules, 2019 — Enhancement of Group-D promotion quota from 10% to 20% — Enhancement of promotional quota for Group-D employees to Junior Assistant posts from 10% to 20%, though approved by Resolution dated 24.11.2022, takes statutory effect only from the date of Gazette notification of the amended Rules, i.e., 31.03.2023 — DPC proceedings conducted on the basis of the un-recast, pre-amendment vacancy break-up list are vitiat India Law Library Docid # 2448237
(738) RANJEETA KUMARI SAHU Vs. STATE OF ODISHA AND OTHERS[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 25-06-2026 Odisha Excise Rules, 2017 — Rule 34 — Minimum Guaranteed Quantity shortfall — Double recovery of excise duty impermissible — Interim order directing deposit of 50% of demand for MGQ shortfall to enable lifting of liquor relates to the shortfall year and does not permit the State to additionally demand excise duty afresh in the OSBC wallet for the same shortfall, as no law permits realization of duty twice on the same transaction — Demand modified to exclude excise duty already deposited pursuant India Law Library Docid # 2448238
(739) SK SULEMAN Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-06-2026 Wakf Act, 1995 — Interim Arrangement for Conduct of Religious Procession Pending Determination of Muthawalli — Where the competent Wakf Board, pending resolution of a dispute over hereditary succession to the office of muthawalli, permits one claimant to conduct religious ceremonies/procession for a defined period based on continuity of past practice, and such order remains unchallenged, the High Court will not interfere with that arrangement in writ appeal — Findings on entitlement to be appoin India Law Library Docid # 2448772
(740) M/S. SBEIPL HP (JV) HAVING ITS REGISTERED ADDRESS SHASHTRI NAGAR PAL ROAD JODHPUR RAJASTHAN Vs. MADHYA PRADESH JAL NIGAM AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-06-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Public Procurement — Tender Process — Judicial Review — High Courts should exercise restraint and not interfere with contractual and commercial decisions of tendering authorities unless the process is vitiated by manifest arbitrariness, mala fides, bias, irrationality, or affects public interest. India Law Library Docid # 2447135